Automatic navigation of an untethered device in the artery of a living animal using a conventional clinical magnetic resonance imaging system

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Martel, Sylvain ^a   Mathieu, Jean Baptiste ^a   Felfoul, Ouajdi ^a   Chanu, Arnaud ^a   Aboussouan, Eric ^a   Tamaz, Samer ^a   Pouponneau, Pierre ^a   Yahia, L'Hocine ^a   Beaudoin, Gilles ^b   Soulez, Gilles ^b   Mankiewicz, Martin ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER CONTROL; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROBOTS;

AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION; AUTOMATIC TRACKING; BLOOD CIRCULATORY SYSTEM; UNTETHERED DEVICE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33947324356     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2713229     Document Type: Article

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